People sometimes say things are not what they used to be, and in the case of fragrances, they're unequivocally right. Despite a certain ...

To consider Cristalle by Chanel a predominantly "fresh" scent begs the question: which version of it? Contrary to some of the prev...

Coco by Chanel must be among a handful of fragrances on the market to have not only one, but two flankers without being a spectacular marke...

No exaggeration to flat out suggest that Olivier Polge was set to claim head position at Chanel perfumes since birth. France is a conservati...

~by guest writer AlbertCAN Of all the people in the world I would have never guessed that I would be one of the first to write a full revi...

It was a matter of being due at Chanel : Chanel No.19 is such a revered classic (and a very popular mature woman choice in my country) that...

The original Gardénia , issued by Chanel in 1925 and composed by legendary perfumer Ernest Beaux who created all the early opi/opera of Cha...

" Egoïste is about seduction. I have a funny anecdote about sex and smells. An American woman once asked me if French people took show...

The order in which all Chanel perfume formulae are made, according to head perfumer Jacques Polge in this little interview of course, since ...

It's always a frightful day when a respected brand falls down from the skies into the puddles of stagnant water in the pedestrian crossi...

Beige evokes different things for different people: from the suave to the anodyne all the way to lackluster, it is a neutral nuanced enough ...

“What KGB agents would have worn to seduce James Bond”* is not a bad description for any fragrance. But when it applies to an Yves Saint Lau...

A clip with Jacques Polge, in-house perfumer of Chanel, in which he explains the necessity of perfume. You can also see the procedure of sec...